Why the study?
Do POSSUM, p-POSSUM, and Cr-POSSUM scoring systems accurately predict hospital mortality in US patients undergoing colon cancer resection?
Population
890 consecutive patients undergoing major surgical procedures for colon cancer in nine United States…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
hospital stay
Authors
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POSSUM and p-POSSUM may overestimate mortality after US colon cancer resection; leaves open the need for recalibration before audit use.
Do POSSUM, p-POSSUM, and Cr-POSSUM scoring systems accurately predict hospital mortality in US patients undergoing colon cancer resection?
POSSUM, p-POSSUM, and Cr-POSSUM scoring systems overpredict hospital mortality for colon cancer resections in the US, indicating a need for recalibration before use as audit tools.
Senagore et al. (2004) studied this question.
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